James (John) Martin

Biography

James Martin was born in 1780 in the Cherokee Nation (East). He was the son of General Joseph Martin and Betsy Ward, a Cherokee woman. [1] In 1799 the Moravian missionaries recorded meeting him:

"Martin, son of General Martin with whom Br. Schneider stayed formerly in Chittiko, arrived today. We asked him if he remembers the visit of Br. Schneider, sixteen years ago? He said no, that he was born in Chittiko but was only nineteen years old now, and was therefore very young at the time. He told us that his father was now in Henry County, Virginia, and that his mother was living in Wakhowee on the Hiwassee River." [2]
They also mentioned him in 1803, saying at one point that he had been seriously injured in a fall from a horse. [3] James was listed as a quartermaster in Gideon Morgan's Cherokee regiment in the War of 1812 where he was wounded. [4] An 1822 letter from Indian Agent Return Meigs to the Secretary of War also described him:

He is a Cherokee of the half-blood. His father was General Joseph Martin of Virginia. He has had an education in Virginia under the eye of his father & has some taste for literature. He reads and writes well. He is now preparing for settlement on the Arkansas River at his own expense... [5]
It appears that he did not actually move (or went west and returned) since James Martin appears alone on the 1835 Census, living on Chestoa Creek in Tennessee. [6]

He married (wife unknown) and fathered a daughter named Gu-yu-ne-gu. She is named in a bounty land claim for her father's service, filed after his death.[7] James died in Going Snake District, Indian Territory, in 1847.

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 113
2. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 1, p. 121
3. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, Records of the Moravians, Vol. 2, pp. 535 & 739.
4. ↑ National Park Service, Horseshoe Bend Cherokee Muster Roll 1812.
5. ↑ Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75. Digitized at Fold3 Meigs
6. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census, transcription published by the Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill, OK. 2002. Original records: National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm publication T496, Census Roll, 1835, of Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi with Index. p. 8
7. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Bounty Land Files, Record Group 15, Bundle 41 for "Gu-yu-ne-gu, daughter of James MARTIN"

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Martin-70782
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1812 James C. Martin - War of 1812 Pension File

National Archives accessed through Fold3 - War of 1812 Pension Files, Col. Gideon Morgan's Cherokee Regiment @ https://www.fold3.com/image/318902138?terms=gideon,war,regiment,che...

1814 Cherokee Muster Roll from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27,1814
11 James Martin, Qtrmaster 7 Oct. 1813, 11 Apr. 1814, James Martin wounded
National Park Service - Cherokee Muster Roll from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 27,1814 - Page 1

1822 Letter from Indian Agent Return Meigs to the Secretary of War regarding James Martin and the loss of a horse, Including:

National Archives accessed through Fold3 - Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency In Tennessee, 1801-1835

1835 James Martin - 1835 Cherokee Census, Page 43 Tennessee, McMinn County, Chestooa Creek "James Martin - One quadroon, 1 farmer, one reader of English."
https://www.okhistory.org/research/digital/foremantrans/foreman.sup...
Oklahoma Historical Society, Indian Archives Division - "Census of 1835 of Cherokee Indians taken prior to removal to I.T."

1840 James Martin, "United States Census, 1840" Jackson, Tennessee, United States

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-NTH : 10 June 2022), James Martin, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 264, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

"Nancy Ward and Her Descendants" by David Keith Hampton, published 2021
page 95
14. James MARTIN (Elizabeth WARD, Na-ni (a fullblood Cheroke)) was born in 1780 at Settico, Cherokee Nation East, now, Monroe County, TN. He married ___ ___. He died on 1 December 1840 at Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK.
He was enrolled on the 1835 Cherokee Nation census in Tennessee #310, Chestooa Creek, McMinn County, TN. He served as quartermaster during the Creek War of 1813-1814.
___ ___ died in 1846 at Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, IT, now, OK.
Children of James MARTIN and ___ ___ were:
i. Goo-yoo-ne-goo MARTIN was born in 1840. Other than the Bounty Land claim, she has not been identified, and probably died young.

1840, Dec 1, Death Testimony 28 January 1843 in Cherokee Nation, Illinois District of P.W. Butter Cherokee Agent, John Rop, and Lewis Rop: "And said James C. Martin departed this life on the first day of December 1840."

National Archives - War of 1812, Pension Records for James C. Martin, Quatermaster of Col. Gideon Morgan's Cherokee Regiment, page 11

Elizabeth Ward, Her Spouses and Her Children

Describe The Record (Notes)
Ghigau, Page 107, Generation Two
3.Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD (Nanye’hi “Nancy”1 (a full-blood Cherokee)); born circa 1759 at Cherokee Nation East, now, TN; married Joseph MARTIN, son of Joseph MARTIN and Susannah CHILES, circa 1777; married ____HUGHES circa 1788; died circa 1803.

   Joseph MARTIN was born in 18 September 1740 at Albemarle County, VA.  He married Sarah LUCAS in 1762 at Orange County, VA (had children).  He married Susannah GRAVES on 24 February 1783 at Henry County, VA (had children).  He died on 18 December 1808 at Henry County, VA, at age 68.  He was buried at Belle Mont, Henry, VA.  Joseph MARTIN held the following military positions:  Captain of the Transylvania Militia, elected in 1776; Major in 1779 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1781.  He was elected Brigadier General of North Carolina by the Legislature on 15 December 1787 and commissioned Brigadier General of the 20th Brigade of Virginia Militia by Governor Henry Lee on 11 December 1793.

   Children of Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD and Joseph MARTIN were as follows:

   13.i.  Nancy MARTIN, born 1778? At Cherokee Nation East, now, TN; married Michael HILDERBRAND.

   14.ii. James MARTIN, born 1780 at Settico, Cherokee Nation East, Now, Monroe County, TN; married ____ ____.

Children of Elizabeth “Betsy”2 WARD and ____ Hughes were:

   15.i.  Rachel HUGHES, born circa 1790 at Cherokee Nation East; married Charles Rogers.

Where The Record Is Found (Citation)
“Cherokee Mixed-Bloods: Additions and Corrections to Family Genealogies of Dr. Emmet Starr, Volume 1: Cordory, Ghigau, Ridge-Watie, Ross, Sanders and Ward” by David Keith Hampton; ARC Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas; 2005